#9 Final day on the Overland Track!

• Day 8: Narcissus Hut to Fergys Paddock (about 600 m from Cynthia Bay and Lake St Clair Visitor Centre)
• Distance: 17km
• Ascent/descent — pretty flat
• Weather: Misty and a little cold in the morning, starting to rain later on during the day
• Accommodation: camping Fergys paddock (free) ? ??
• Food: dinner at the restaurant in Lake St. Claire ( burger ?? and chips ?? , glass of wine?? $34, ice-cream?? $5.50 & hot chocolate ?? $6.50)

?? Final day of walking in the Overland Track!

I had a leisurely morning, chatting to the hikers who were going to be getting the ferry service.

?? I popped down to the Jetty and to be honest is it a pretty awesome way to finish the journey.

The view of the lake from the jetty was really spectacular and well worth walking out to. It only took a few mins.

I had a 17k walk and head of me around the right hand side of the lake.

After getting everything packing up it was about 11am before I left.

Lots of boardwalks, very muddy I’m sections, lots of fallen down trees, quite a few bridges and stepping stones. You don’t get to see the lake a huge amount. Just glimpses here and there through the trees.

The first point of interest was Echo Point Hut (6.5k) which is- very battered and old looking. It has a coal burning stove ?? .

It does has a little problem with rats??! So there is a metal storage container for you food and backpacks if you are staying the night. There is a jetty out to the lake and a cute little sand beach ?? . Very secluded and very quiet. An ideal place for some self reflection. It took about 1hr 30 to reach the cabin. I stayed for a few mins having some snacks and water.

From here it was another 10k to reach the end of the Track — Lake St Clair National Park…. The next highlight was the massive gum topped stringybark. I passed quite a few bridges and turn offs for other walks. I was excited to see the turnoff for Fergys Paddock where I would be camping tonight. There was only one other tent ?? there so I had a good choice of places to set up. It was starting to drizzle so it was a race against time to get my tent and everything set up. I then wanted to do a little bit of exploring and head down to the end of the track.

I could have finished the track today but I didn’t want to rush it. This way I would have time to enjoy it and not stress myself out by having to reach the end by a certain time.

I walked around to the visitor centre (which was now closed) dropped off all my rubbish in the bins, including my walking boots which were now totally destroyed — no more miles left in them! and popped into the cafe mainly to charge my electronics and to get warm. It was a cool place to chill in. It was pretty expensive but bearing in mind how far away everything is from here and how little competition I don’t think it was horrendous. Plus I just half the price of everything and that’s roughly what it would cost in GBP￡.

There was no WiFi ?? so I just chilled, had some dinner, before heading back to my tent for my final night of sleep on the track.

?? my iPhone and back up charger had died at this point — so I wasn’t able to get many pics from this day!

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?? My hike is being sponsored by @ciceronepress — Cicerone has a new guide book which launched on the 15th Feb — with everything you need to know about hiking the Overland Track ?? Head to www.cicerone.co.uk for more info.

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